Window assembly



H. c. FIELD ET AL 2,021,719

WINDOW ASSEMBLY Flled July 14, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Nov. 19, 1935.

NOV. 19, 1935. H, C F|ELD E -r'AL4 2,021,719

WINDOW ASSEMBLY Filed July 14. 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 i if INVENTORA.

Patented Nov. 19, l1935 WINDOW ASSEMBLY Herbert C. Field and Emory Glenn Simpson, Detroit, Mich., assignors to Ternstedt Manufacturing Company, Detroit, Mich., a corporation oi' Michigan Application .my 14, 193s, serial No. 680,404 s emma` (ci. 296-48) This invention'relates to a window assembly, and more particularly to a window assembly for an automotive vehicle'. l

In a vehicle body where the window panel is of the type that can be raised from and lowered It is old in the art where the window is guided4 l5 above the belt and is the full width ofthe window opening to provide the window regulator with a detachable connection with'the lower sash of the window panel which permits the window to be swung inwardly of the body and detached at the belt after the garnish molding and window guide channels have been removed above the belt. Obviously this method can not be pursued where the window panel has either or both of its vertical edges guided below the belt by a sash extension or the like, or where the slidable panel closes only a portion of the window opening and is provided with a channel guideway which extends both below the belt into the window well and above the belt across the window opening thereby dividing the same.

It is the object of this invention to facilitate the assembly, disassembly.' or replacement oi a slidabie window panel where the window has one or both of its edges guided only below the belt by a sash extension or the like or one of its vertical edges guided by a guideway which extends below the belt into the Window well and above the belt across the window opening thereby dividing the same. This has been achieved by providing the 40 window assembly with a window guideway which can be moved edgewise of the window to disengage the guideway from the guided edge of the window panel.

It is also an object of this invention to facilitate the initial assembly, disassembly,` or replacement of the window guide channel i'or guiding one of the vertical edges of the window panel both where the guide channel is located entirely within the window well and also where the window guide channel extends both below and above the belt across the window opening thereby dividing the same. This has been achieved by making the window channel detachable at the belt in the rst case and both at'the belt and at the header in the second case and providing a retaining member for the lower end of the guide intowhich the guide channel can be fitted from the belt and which retainer permits the guide channel to be swung, when detached at or' above the belt,` away from the guided edge of the win 5 dow to disengage the channel from the window.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is an inside elevation of a vehicle window assembly with the trimming removed and a portion'of the lock board broken away showing the 1u window panel and detachable channel guide in assembled relation. I

Fig. 2 is a section along the line 2--2 of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a section along the line 3-3 of Fig. l.

- Fig. 4 is a detail of the detachable window guide 1;, channel.

Fig. 5y is a section along the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is asection along the line 6-6 of Fig. 4.

Fig. '7 is a section along the line i-l of Fig. 4.

Fig. 8 is a section along the line 8--8 ofFig. 3. 20

Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. I showing the channel guide detached at the belt and header, swung edgewise of the window panel, and disengaged from the guided edge of the panel.

Fig. 10 is a section similar to Fig. 2 showing the panel being either swung into or out of the window opening after the channel guide has been de. tached and disengaged from the guided edge of the window panel.

Fig. l1 is a fragmentary view similar to Fig. 9 30 showing a modified form of the invention where the guide channel extends belowthe belt only.

Referring more particularly to the drawings there is .shown by way of description a front door I of a vehicle body having a Window open- 35 ing 2 which is provided with a composite closure including a sliding panel 3 and a pivoted panel 4. This window assembly is shown and claimed in copending application, Serial No. 644,622.

The sliding panel 3 has the upright edges 5 40 (Fig. 9) and 6 (Fig. 1). The vertical edge 6 is guided in the usual manner, preferably in a channel. guideway mounted on the door pillar and Vprovided with a pile weatherstrip insert. The inside of the window opening is provided 45 with a removable garnish molding l which, in this instance, extends completely around the periphery ci. the opening.

The sliding panel 3 is arranged to be raised and lowered by any suitable window regulator 50 which is ,detachable at the belt. In the form shown the regulator comprises a pair of,z crossedlevers 8 and 9 which are pivoted togetherat their intersection. The levers are provided at their upper ends with the studs I0 which carry, and 55 travel back and forth in. the runway |I as the window is raised and lowered. The runway normally can not be detached from the studs III when the regulator is assembled in the window well. The runway II likewise serves as an attaching plate for connecting the regulator to the window. To this end the lower sash I2 of the window is provided with a pair of spaced brackets I3 which are arranged to receive the runway II. The runway I I is secured to the brackets I3 by the screws f of the window opening, that is, from the belt to the header. This rearward 'inclination from the bottom to the top of the window channel is essential because if the portion of the channel I5 extending across the window opening were perpendicular it would appear to be leaning forwardly from bottom to top which is an optical illusion created by the rearward inclination from belt to header of the front edge of the window opening which in this case is' the rearwardly inclined door pillar. The channel I5 is detachably secured to the' header I6 and the belt rail I1. Hence, the channel I5 has ilxed thereto a bracket I8 which may be screwed or otherwise suitably detachably secured to the header I 5 and is provided at the belt with a bracket I9 which like-A wise may be screwed or otherwise suitably detachably secured to the belt rail I1. 'Ihe lower end 20 of the channel I5 is removably secured in the window well so that when the brackets I8 and A| 9 are detached, the channel I5 can be moved edgewlse of the glass, that is. in the plane of the glass, to disengage the channel I5 from the edge 5 of the panel 3. To this end the window well has-mounted therein the socket 2|.

The socket 2| preferably comprises a strip of spring metal having an outwardly turned edge 22 which is screwed or otherwise suitably secured to a support 2 3 which is permanently mounted in the windowwell. The strip in turn is bent back upon itself as at 24 to .form a spring socket for reception oi the lower end 20 of the channel member I5. The socket member 2| has pressed therein a lug 25 which prevents the lower end 20 ci.' the channel member I5 from slipping sidewise out oi the socket 2|. The lower end 20 of the channel member I5 may be removed from the socket 2| by drawing the channel member upwardly. The side edges of the lower end 20 of the channel member are provided with sufcient clearance as at 25 with the socket\to permit the channel member I5 to tilt or swing edgewise of the window panelwhen it is desired to disengage the channel from the window panel. At the same time the return bent portion 24, being of spring metal, yieldably grips the lower end of the channel and prevents rattling.

The channel member I5 is provided on the one side with a weatherstrip 21 for sealing the ecke of the swinging panel 4. The weatherstrip 21 may be lvulcanized to a copper plated strip of metal 23 provided with a plurality of lugs 2l which are passed through suitable openings in the base4 oi the channel member I5 and then clinched over` (mg. '1) thus securing 'the weatherstrip to the' channel. The inside of the channel is provided with a'metal channel window guideway 30 which has secured therein a suitable weatherstrip lining such as the pile'lining 3| for guiding and 5 weatherprooilng the vertical edge 5 of the sliding panel 3 (Fig. 6). l

'Ihe guide channel I5 and window panels 3 and 4 are usually assembled in the window opening after the door has been trimmed, the window regulator having been installed in the window well prior to the trimming. As shown in Fig. 2, the lock board comprises a lower section 32 and an upper section 33. Prior to installing the window panel the trimming is installed only to the upper edge of the`lower section 32 of the lock board. At this time the channel member I5 can be placed into the window well at the belt and moved downwardly until the lower end `engages in the socket 2|. 'I'he sliding panel 3 can 20 now be tilted into the window opening, as shown in Fig. 10, and the brackets I3 brought into engagement with thel runway II, whereupon the screws I4 (Fig. 3) can be turned down to secure the runway II to the brackets I3 and thus at- 25 tach the regulator to the sliding panel 3. Thereafter the channel member I5 can be swung edge- ,wise to the right as viewed in Fig. 9 into engagement with the edge 5 of the panel 3 and the brackets I3 and |9 secured respectively to the 3o header and the belt as shown in Fig. 1. Then the upper section 33 of the lock board can be secured in position, the trimming drawn up over this section 33 of the lock board and the assembly completed by the installation of the garnish 35 molding 1. The swinging panel 4 may be assembled in the window opening either before or after the slidable panel.

If it is desired to remove the sliding panel 3, it is only necessary to lower the window panel 3, remove the garnish molding 1 and the window guide channel and weatherstrip along the vertical edge 5 and top edge of the panel, and then detach the brackets I5 and I9, swing the channel member I5 edgewise ofthe glass panel 3 or to 45 the left, as shown in Fig. 9, to disengage the channel from the vertical edge 5 of the panel 3. The trim is now pulled down to the upper edge of the lower section 32 and the upper section 33 of the lock board is removed to permit access to, and 50 removal of, the screws I4, the panel 3 can now be tilted inwardly of the window opening as shown `in Fig. 10 and disengaged from the regulator and then lifted out of the window opening.

In the modified form shown in Fig. 11, the sliding panel 3 is in all respects similar to that shown "in the principal form of the invention except that its forward edge 5 is provided with a sash 40 in the form of an H-channel, shown and described in the above mentioned copending application. The sash 40 extends below the low- 4 er sash I2 to form'a sash extension 4I which guides the forward edge of the window below the belt when in-raised position. In this form of the invention the window is guided below the belt 05 only by a guide channel 42 which is likewise removably secured in a socket 2| identical with that shown in the principal form oi.' the invention.

'I'he guide 42 is detachably secured to the belt rail I1 by a bracket YI3 similar to that shown in 70 the principal form of the invention. In the modied form of the invention the sliding window panel 3 is removed for installation in the same fashion as the sliding panel ci the principal form. After the bracket I9 has been detached from the 75 belt rail the guide channel 42 can be swung edgewise of the window or pivoted to the left, as shown in Fig..1l1, to disengage the guide 42 from the sash 40 and sash extension Il, thus permitting the window panel 3 to be swung out or tilted into thev window opening as pointed out in they description of the principal form of the invention.4

We' claim:

l. A window assembly 'for an automotive vehicle or the like having a window opening and a window well therebelow, comprising in combination a. window panel for the said opening and arranged to retreat into the said Well, a guideway for one of the .upright edges of the well positioned along one of the sides of the window well, and a guide for the other upright edge of the said window panel positioned in the said well for guiding 'said window panel into the well and supporting the panel in retreated position in the well and having avdetachable connection with the upper portion of the window well and a member positioned in the window well for pivotally supporting the said guide at its lower end, whereby the said guide can be detached and shifted sidewise in the window well away from the upright edge of the panel to disengage the same from the edge of the window panel to permit removal of the panel from the window opening.

2. A window assembly for an automotive vehicle or the like having a window opening and a window well therebelow, comprising in combination a slidable window panel for the said opening and arranged to retreat into the window well, a guideway for one of the upright edges of i the window panel secured along one of the sides of the window well, a shiftable guide for the other upright edge of the said window panel positioned in the said well, a detachable connection lor the said shiftable guide at the belt, and a socket for receiving the lower end of the said guide whereby the said guide can be detached at the belt and pivoted in the said socket while in the said window well to disengage the said guide from the edge of the window panel to permit removal of the panel from the 'window opening.

3. A window assembly for an automotive vehicle or the like having a window opening and a window well therebelow comprising in combination a window panel for the said opening, a window regulator positioned in the window well having a detachable connection with the lower edge of the window panel for raising and lowering the said window panel, a guideway for one of the upright edges of the window panel along one of the sides of the window well, and a shiftable guide forthe other upright edge of the window panel positioned in the said window well, the said shiftable window guide having a detachable connection with the window well whereby the same can be detached and shifted in the window well to disengage the same from the edge of the window panel to permit the window panel to be removed from the window opening when detached from the regulator. 4. A window assembly for an automotive vehicle or the like having a window opening and a window well therebelow, comprising in combination a window panel. for the said opening, a window regulator positioned in the window well having a detachable connection with-the lower edge of the window panel for raising and lowering the said window panel, a guideway for onel of the upright edges of the window well positioned along one of the Sides of the window well, and

a shiftable guide for the other upright edge ot the said window panel positioned in the said well and having a detachable connection with the upper portion of the window well whereby the said guide can be detached and shifted side- 5 wise in the window well to disengage the same from the edge of the window panel to permit removal of the panel from the window opening when detached from the regulator.

5. A window assembly for an automotive vehicle or the like having a window opening and a window well therebelow, comprising in combination a slidable window panel for the said opening and arranged to retreat into the window well, a window regulator positioned in the window well having a detachable connection with the lower edge of the window panel for raising and lowering the said window panel, a guideway for one of the upright edges of the window sel cured along one of the Ysides of the window well,y a shiftable guide for the other upright edge of the said window panel positioned in the said well, and a detachable connection for the said shiftable guide at the belt, and a socket for receiving the lower end of the said guide whereby the said guide can be detached at the belt, and 'pivoted in the said socket edgewise in plane of the' window in the said window well to disengage the said guide from the edge of the window panel to permit removal of the panel from the window 'opening when detached from the regulator.

6. A window assembly for an automotiveyvehicle or the like having a window opening and a Window Well therebelow comprising in combination a slidable window panel for the said opening and arranged to retreat into the said well, a guideway for one of the upright edges of the window panel secured along one of the sides, of the window well, and a shiftable guide for the other upright edge of the window panel ex- 4o tending below the belt into the said window well and above the belt across the said window opening to divide the same, the said shiftable window guide having detachable connections at the upper part of the window well and along the upper edge of the'window opening wh'ereby the shiftable window guide can be detached and shifted sidewise in the window opening and window well to disengage the same from the edge of the window panel to permit removal of the panel from the window opening when detached from the regulator.

7. A window assembly for `an automotive vehicle or the like having a window opening and a window well therebelow comprising in combination a slidable window panel for the said opening, a window regulator positioned in the window well having a detachable connection with the lower edge of the said panel for raising and lowering the same, a guideway for one of the upright edges of the window panel secured along one of the sides oi the window well, a shiftable guide for the other upright edge of the window panel extending below the belt into the window well and above the belt across the window opening, the said shiftable window guide having detachable connections with the window well at the belt and with the window header, and a socket for receiving the lower end of the said guide whereby the said guide may be detached at the belt and the header and pivoted about the socket in the window well to disengage the guide from the edge ofthe window panel to permit the panel to be removed from the window opening when disconnected from the window regulator.

8. A window assembly im' an automotive vehicle or the like having a window opening and a window well therebelow comprising in combination a slidahle window panel for the said opening.- s window xegulator positioned in the window well having a detachable connection with the lower edge of the said panel tor raising and lowering the same, a guideway for one o! the upright edges of' the window panel secured along one oi the sides of the window weil. a shittable guide for the other upright edge of the window panel extending below the belt into the window weil and-above the belt acrossthe window opens,o21,v1o I ing, the ma mumble window guide having detachsble connections with the window well at the belt and with the window header. and inclined rearwardly above lthe belt froml the bot'- tom to the top of the window opening, and a socket for receiving the lower end of the said guide whereby the'said guide may be detached at the belt and the header and pivoted about the socket in the window weil to disengage the guide from the edge of the window panel to permitthe panel to lbe removed from the window opening when `disconnected from the window regulator.

HERBERT C. FIEID.

EMORY GLENN SIMPSON. 

